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Convicted felon back in court for firing rifle toward house

By Becky Metrick

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Updated:
12/22/2013 03:53:22 PM EST

QUINCY TOWNSHIP >> Roy Dean Brown, 65, Fayetteville, will face a preliminary hearing on Tuesday for charges relating to an incident in which Brown allegedly shot a hunting rifle toward a house while highly intoxicated. According to charging documents, Brown was at a residence on South Mountain Road in Quincy Township on Dec. 14, when he got into an argument with a man he knew.

The alleged victim told police that during the argument, Brown threatened to kill him. Brown then allegedly walked to a trailer behind the residence and picked up a hunting rifle, walked back toward the residence and fired the rifle at the house. Brown allegedly fired the rifle a second time, but above the residence, then hid the rifle.

The alleged victim told police that Brown was upset because he had kicked Brown out of the house the night before for being drunk.

An unidentified witness told police that he saw Brown point the rifle toward the house and fire the rifle above the residence while threatening to kill the alleged victim.

The Pennsylvania State Police trooper on scene gave Brown a breathalyzer test, which resulted in a .192 percent blood alcohol concentration.

Brown also admitted to possessing the rifle, and said he had been hunting earlier in the morning. However, Brown was previously convicted of felony burglary and larceny and is not permitted to possess a firearm.

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Brown is facing a felony charge of persons not to possess/use/manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, misdemeanor charges of simple assault, terroristic threats, disorderly conduct recklessly endangering another person, and summary charges of harassment and public drunkenness.

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